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OSCE regional workshop on sex crimes investigations held in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
ALMATY, 8 November 2005- Representatives of police forces from Central Asian countries are taking part in the first OSCE regional workshop on the investigation of sex crimes, which begins today in Almaty...
Almaty roundtable to discuss Kazakhstani legal concept on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 7 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Countering terrorism
ALMATY, 7 November 2005- The creation of a legal framework to combat money laundering and financing of terrorism in Kazakhstan will be the focus of an OSCE roundtable on 10 November in Almaty...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Kazakhstan to withdraw Internet regulation
Publishing date: 31 October 2005
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 31 October 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, has asked the Government of Kazakhstan to withdraw a newly established regulation on the registration of domain names for websites...
OSCE project will help Kazakhstan dispose of "melange" toxic missile fuel
Publishing date: 31 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 31 October 2005- A group of OSCE experts begins a five-day visit to Kazakhstan today aimed at helping the country recycle highly explosive missile fuel, commonly known as "melange." The project is intended to provide...
OSCE media freedom watchdog calls for amendments to the media law in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 September 2005
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 28 September 2005- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has sent a legal review of the draft media law of Kazakhstan to the Congress of Journalists of this Central Asian Republic.
OSCE helps Kazakhstan develop national action plan on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 21 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASTANA, 21 September 2005- Developing a national action plan to combat human trafficking in Kazakhstan was the focus of an OSCE-organized meeting which brought together representatives of different ministries, as well as...
OSCE Centre helps Kazakhstan prepare for ratification of pollution control protocol
Publishing date: 6 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 6 September 2005- A set of recommendations to assist Kazakhstan to ratify the Kyiv Protocol on pollutant release and transfer registers was offered at a meeting of government officials, experts and civil society representatives...